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My wife and I took pads along and never used them. We carried thermarest pads (the shorter models), not that large and not that heavy, but on the road all weight seems multiplied.
jbgreer
Like you, I found my walking stick on the road, but my reunion with it might take a bit longer. I carried my stick with me to Finisterre, where I cast it into the sea. I had decided that couldn't take it back home - my walking stick was this enormous branch I found by the road, so large that...
I'll echo a few others and say that finding the right walking stick can be part of the journey, too. I found one fairly early on, but then, days later, happened upon my 'real' stick and realized, at the same time, that I'd actually picked up a good walking stick for my wife.
As for a compass...
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